Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§6616 Authority of Secretary of State to Facilitate Transition
Title 22 › CHAPTER 74 — FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION › SUBCHAPTER VI — TRANSITION › Part B — Reorganization Authority › § 6616
Summary
The Secretary of State can move all or part of the duties assigned under this chapter before the dates set here, if the head of the federal agency that now handles those duties agrees. This can include moving the people and the money tied to those duties.
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Title 22, §6616
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Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the head of the appropriate Federal agency exercising functions transferred under this chapter, may transfer the whole or part of such functions prior to the effective dates established in this chapter, including the transfer of personnel and funds associated with such functions.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subdivision”, meaning subdiv. A of div. G of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–765, known as the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998. For complete classification of this subdivision to the Code, see
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note set out under section 6501 of this title and Tables.
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22 U.S.C. § 6616
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102